Hunting coat



I.F ShdVTH HUNTING COAT Aug. 6, 1929.

Filed NOv 26, 1928 adonwqd Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISIDORE I. SMITH, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR T THE HETTRICK MANUFACTURINGCOMPANY, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

HUNTING COAT.

Application led November 26, 1928. Serial No. 321,899.

accessible, may be entirely opened for inspection and cleaning, andlends itself admirably' for commercial production. Other lo objects andadvantages will hereinafter apear. p The invention is Vshown by way ofillus? tration in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a View of a hunting coat spread out to show the insidethereof;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary detail showing aV portion of the game pocketfully opened;

Fig. 3 vis a section on the line 8 3 of Fig. 2; and

Fig. 4E is a detail showing another manner of connecting the sides ofthepocket to the coat.

rlhe illustrated embodiment of theinven- 25wtion comprises a huntingcoat 1 of canvas or other suitable material, and as the body of the coatis of conventional design, detail description thereof is not considerednecessary. An important feature of this invention consists in theprovision of a pocket which extends from one side of the coat to theother.

As shown, the pocket consists of a piece 2 of fabric, such as canvas,which yextends from the button-hole strip 3 to the buttoncarrying strip4. The width of the piece 2 is considerable, and may be about one-halfthe vertical length of the coat in order yto provide a spacious pocketfor game. Forming a protecting coating for the fabric piece 2, is awater-proof fabric piece 5, such as rubberized canvas, and this piece isdisposed on the inside of the fabric piece 2. This arrangement isparticularly advantageous because the fabric piece 2 is kept dry, andfurthermore, the surface of the piece 5 is such that it may be readilywashed and scoured after the game or fish have been removed from thepocket.

dinarily the lower edge of the coat body is The fabric piece 2 andwater-proofpiecefolded upwardly and stitched for reenforcing purposesand to prevent raveling, so that in the' manufacture of this coat noad-A ditional sewing operation is required.

The sides of the pieces 2 Vand 54 may be detachably connected to thecoat body by fastening means 7 having an interlocking slide 8. Suchfastening means are usually referred to as zippers, and are well known;detail description is not considered necessary. It is desirable that theside edges of the pocket be detachable to afford complete access to theinside, and thereby eliminate troublesome and disagreeable groping in adark pocket, although an important feature resides in the ability tothoroughly clean the pocket throughout. If desired, lacing 9 may be usedto advantage instead of zippers, and although these means for attachingthe sides of the pocket are shown, other equally satisfactory means maybe resorted to. It will be apparent that the elongated piece 2 extendsfrom adjacent one free vertical side edge to a point adjacent the otherfree vertical side edge. The coat shown is conventional in generalformation. The free vertical side edges providing the usual fasteningmeans for connecting the free portions.

Secured to the upper marginal edges of the fabric pieces 2 and 5 arefastener members 10 detachably engaging complemental members 11 attachedto the inside of the coat body. In this instance, five fasteners arearranged in spaced relation on the coat body and fabric pieces. adaptedto support the load carried by the pocket, and are arranged todistribute the strain. K

From the above description,.it is manifest that the pocket may bereadily opened by disengaging the fastener members 10 and 11 to permitaccess to the inside. After game or fish are removed from the pocket,thc sides of the pocket can be released to allow thorough cleaning ofthe pocket. A valuable feature resides in lthe ability to sew the pocketto the coat without any operation' substantially different from theusual man-V ner of manufacturing similar coats without the aboveimprovements.

Although the invention has been described in connection with a huntingcoat, it is not so limited. Numerous changes indetails of lconstructionand arrangement may These fasteners are he uppe margin-ei 'peeen te @hehotly,

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